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Rip Current Statement 87, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 18, 2017, 10:08 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2017, 10:08 AM CDT (15:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2017, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1013 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
986 WHUS42 KTAE 181508 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1108 AM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES... FLZ114-190400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0087.170818T1508Z-170819T0400Z/ COASTAL GULF- 1108 AM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017 /1008 AM CDT FRI AUG 18 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR...AS WELL AS IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS...AND SIGNS BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT SWIM AGAINST IT. FACE THE SHORE AND SIGNAL FOR HELP. FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL THE CURRENT ENDS OR UNTIL RESCUED. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 43 min | |
| Aug 18, 8:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 96 min | |
| Aug 18, 9:50 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 55 min | |
| Aug 18, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 35 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.